5
or draua become
more attractive. We can see
later
in chapter 3, the
analysis of 1Jnc
Torp's Cabjg, the main character is Tom and the minor Characters are Eva, Mr.
Shelby,
Mr.
St. Clare
so or:.
Apar:
from
that,
the
writer will
give
the explanation about
the classification of
character
more
clear.
People
think
that
cha:acter
can
be
divided
into
protagonist
a.'1d
antagonist.
It
is
very
simple
to
differentiate
between antagonist
and
protagonist.
Antagoaist is the actor or actress who has bad, cruel character; and he/she, usually, finds
fault
to
everything.
Protagonist is
the
actor
or
actress
who
has
a
nice
personality,
kindness. About this classification, we can read it from the expert theory.
"Protagonists
are
people
in
the
central
c1m:-acter
in
the
conflict
whether a
sympathetic
or
an
unsympathetic person;
antagonists
are
the
forces
arranged
aga:nst
him,
whether
persons,
things,
conventions
of
society
or
traits of his own character." (Perrine,
1988, p.4l)
For example,
in :r,JncleTom's C<!bi:1, Tom is classified as protagonist. Because he
is a
kind
rna::and generous person. But
Legree, Tom's
Ma.s'r is
the
antagonist
in
this
story.
He
is very
cruel. He
always
gives
some
maltreatment to the
slaves. Marie
St.Claire
is also
an antagonist. She
hates black people. She doesn't
care about people's
problem. She thinks herself Olcly.
But
the
exper:s
divide character
more
clear
than
we
just
know.
To
borrow
the
useful terms of the
English novelist E.M. Forster, there are
flat at:d round,
it depends on
the author to describe one character.
Fiat
characters
tend
to
stay
the
same
throughout
the
story.
According
to
the
opinion
of
Forster
(!927), Static
or Flat
Character
is
actor
or
actress
whose
nature
does not develop from the beginning tLl1til
the end of the story.
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